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An Evening with Dolly Alderton

5 - 7 November 2024

In the Concert Hall

Talks and Ideas

Spend a heartwarming evening in the company of award-winning podcaster, author, screenwriter, and journalist Dolly Alderton as she celebrates her latest book, Good Material.

Wickedly funny . . . Dolly Alderton’s voice feels like your very favourite friend.

- Taylor Jenkins Reid

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An Evening with Dolly Alderton

Spend a heartwarming evening in the company of award-winning podcaster, author, screenwriter, and journalist Dolly Alderton as she celebrates her latest book, Good Material

Dolly Alderton is a force to be reckoned with, whose bestselling books have stolen the hearts of readers everywhere - including cultural tastemakers like Lena Dunham, Stanley Tucci, Taylor Jenkins Reid, and Elizabeth Gilbert. 

Her iconic memoir, Everything I Know About Love, has recently been transformed into a hit television series, and her beloved Sunday Times advice column, 'Dear Dolly', has been adapted into a widely adored book of the same name. 

Dolly is joined live on stage by iconic hosts:

5th November, with Zara McDonald and Michelle Andrews, hosts of Shameless podcast.
6th November, with Yumi Stynes, host of Ladies, we need to Talk podcast.
7th November, with Hannah Ferguson, founder of Cheek Media.

Dolly is also celebrated as the international trailblazer for culture and current affairs podcasting as co-host of the wildly popular The High Low.

Now, Dolly takes to the stage to share her latest stories with Australian audiences for the very first time. Equipped with the anecdotes of her 'Dear Dolly' readers and her own well-documented adventures, Dolly will be offering her famously sharp observations and relatable musings on love, heartbreak, and everything in between. 

Do not miss your chance to ask your own burning questions and hear Dolly’s reflections live. 

Presented by Fane & Andrew Kay 

Plan your visit

Venue information

Our foyers will be open 90 minutes pre-show for Concert Hall and Joan Sutherland Theatre performances, and two hours pre-show for Western Foyer venue performances. Refreshments will be available for purchase from our theatre bars.

All Sydney Opera House foyers are pram accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators). Pram parking will be available outside the theatres in the Western Foyer.

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